Reposted by Inflatable PlantKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 9hTrying to get a post onto Bluesky's Discover feed, let's try this 6595
Reposted by Inflatable PlantBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 16hA waterfront mansion in Sydney’s exclusive suburb of Point Piper just sold at a steep discount, underscoring the dramatic shift underway in Australia’s property market. bloom.bg/4hpq8Ru 📷️: Sotheby's International Realty 6163
Reposted by Inflatable PlantDisney Prime Video + ᵖᵃʳᵒᵈʸ @disneyprimevideo.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Heated Rivalry (Series, 2025) 428934
Reposted by Inflatable PlantTom Quinn @tomquinn.bsky.social · 23h[The Future Fund] bought another 8,000 shares in the Israeli company Elbit Systems, with the value of its holdings in the defence technology and electronics company jumping by another 128 per cent (from $8.6m to $19.7m). Two years ago, the Future Fund only held $1.3m worth of Elbit Systems shares. 21114
Reposted by Inflatable PlantPeople Want Ducks @peoplewantducks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We've scored the EMB himself, Ed Kavalee. Listen to how he landed Get This, his paneling skills, thoughts on Richard, and more. And was "John" really Ash Williams? Tune in to find out. Please subscribe podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/p... open.spotify.com/show/25c2RiJ... #peoplewantducks #getthis 054
Reposted by Inflatable PlantTyler King @tyleraking.com · 29/09/2026A key component of the Cambridge Analytica outrage was your friends subjecting you to data theft without your consent or knowledge. Facebook is running the same playbook on your text messages. Even if you’re not on Meta properties, they’re ingesting your interactions. 131187607
Reposted by Inflatable Plantmarque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 29/09/2026The Oz piles straight in before Mehreen has even declared, just to remind her what it'll do to her if she dares. 2419566
Reposted by Inflatable PlantGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Good of the Albanese govt to give Wilson the ability to cut programs in the NDIS by 99% without having to bother with legislation... 59043
Reposted by Inflatable PlantAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/09/2026It really gives the game away when the anti trans orgs are calling the election of the neo nazi party in Germany a "glimmer of hope." 492503709
Reposted by Inflatable PlantEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026Reuters got some of the IPO docs. Anthropic is a total dog of a company. Spent $12.6bn to make $4.6bn in revenue in 2025, $7.33bn of which was compute costs. Operating loss of $8bn. Losses getting worse year over year. Amazing stuff www.reuters.com/business/fin... 17241321386
Reposted by Inflatable Plantbystander1.bsky.social @bystander1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"Three wealthy property developers, including the son of a $400 million nut king, used a network of jointly owned companies to donate $44,100 to the Victorian Liberal Party in a single week, a move which did not breach the state’s donation laws because each payment came from a separate legal entity"theage.com.auThree developers, nine companies, $44,000 for the Liberals: Inside a donation law loopholeThe jointly run companies all donated to the Liberal Party in the space of a week. Experts say it raises questions about the design of Victoria’s cap on political contributions. 186
Reposted by Inflatable PlantNewsThump @newsthump.com · 28/09/2026NEWS! Under-16 social media ban heralds return of locally sourced, artisanal teenage bullying buff.ly/NwIQIGkbuff.lyUnder-16 social media ban heralds return of locally sourced, artisanal teenage bullyingPlans to ban under-16s from social media from March next year have been welcomed by traditionalists who say the move could finally revive Britain’s once-thriving industry of locally sourced, … 21511
Reposted by Inflatable Planthuck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026bad news babe a rogue openai agent must have hacked our refrigerator last night and drank 15 beers 4161731280
Reposted by Inflatable PlantWalter Hickey @walthickey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026this is one of the most inspirational photos i have ever seen www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comJapan Has No Space for Solar Farms Apart From Old Golf CoursesThe perfectly manicured fairways at Minohara Country Club wind through the forested hills of Gunma Prefecture about two hours from downtown Tokyo. In a few years, they’ll disappear under row-upon-row ... 436092
Reposted by Inflatable Plant3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Economy is doing ok for some 291
Reposted by Inflatable PlantIan Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 28/09/2026Oh my god, it looks like a Russian bot forgot to pay their Claude bill but was still configured to reply to posts about Putin 15562119
Reposted by Inflatable PlantEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 28/09/2026These data centers are financial poison even if you bought them cheap. The returns are awful, the debt is toxic, the ongoing opex is nasty because of the cost of cooling and the power demands, and 30% gross margins requires near-perfect conditions and constant revenue for 5+ years. 873459
Reposted by Inflatable PlantMichael Mazengarb @michaelmazengarb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"One Nation's policy is asking us to doubt the vast volume of evidence that has been collected globally and the conclusions of thousands of climate science experts ... on the basis of a single temperature record." www.tempestsandterawatts.com/p/i-read-one...tempestsandterawatts.comI read One Nation’s brain-rot climate policy, so you don’t have toI set out to uncover what One Nation has planned for Australian climate policy. What I found was far more disturbing. 0119
Inflatable Plant @inflatableplant.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Maybe we don't glorify a 12 year old getting brain damage?? 010
Reposted by Inflatable PlantYung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026For most of us, the recognisable companies on the blacklist will be Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia, Motorola Solutions & TripAdviser Link to the UN report on the database of businesses involved in Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank 👉 docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/60/19docs.un.orgDocument Viewer 47847
Reposted by Inflatable PlantCrikey @crikey.com.au · 27/09/2026Greens Senators have told tech bosses to put their money where their mouths are on AI safeguarding. Meanwhile, interest rates are expected to rise. www.crikey.com.au/2026/09/28/s...crikey.com.auSenate inquiry calls on AI bosses to appear after Medicare hackAI bosses have been told to put their money where their mouths are when it comes to defending against the dangers of developing technologies. Meanwhile, everyone expects an interest rate rise… 0126
Reposted by Inflatable PlantPup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Just reflecting on how much criticism was made by conservatives over the last decade about Simon Holmes a Court using some of his money to help communities support candidates they chose (not him) versus this www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.auRinehart allegedly tried to help recruit Liberal MP to join One NationOne Nation's billionaire backer Gina Rinehart allegedly attempted to help recruit a sitting federal Liberal MP at one of her holiday homes. 715373
Reposted by Inflatable PlantDavid Squires @davidsquires.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Here’s my latest cartoon for @faroutmagazine.co.uk faroutmagazine.co.uk/david-squire...faroutmagazine.co.ukDavid Squires on Danny Boyle's unfortunate use of AIFrom 28 Years Later to Trainspotting and the Olympics opening ceremony, Danny Boyle has plenty of credits that have been celebrated over the years. 37221
Reposted by Inflatable PlantGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 27/09/2026““In effect,” says Charlton, “we are creating a new import bill.” Data centres are the ore of the AI industry. Australia needs to do some of the high-value-adding processing of the ore, and that’s the training of models.” lol wut. Cripes. We are stuffed. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...smh.com.auWhy Australia simply cannot afford to miss this AI waveFor future prosperity and security, and to have any real influence over the big beasts of AI, Australia must convince them to train their models here. 2013927
Reposted by Inflatable PlantBlaise Ulysse Bernard Collins @wittywebhandle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026 15917
Reposted by Inflatable PlantRichard Chirgwin @rchirgwin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The data centre lobby is sick of trying to ingratiate Australians, so it's switched to insults. Australians can't even create our own protest without copying America. Blah. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comAustralian backlash to datacentres is faux import from US, officials say: ‘We are not the United States’Pro-datacentre officials argue scale of Australia’s buildout is smaller, more regulated and less damaging than in US 2115
Reposted by Inflatable Plantstranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Greg Sheridan on Insiders says he doesn’t want US AI firms held legally accountable for hacking Australians because then “they won’t come here." Apparently adding AI regulations to keep Australians safe is an act of “self sabotage” 🙄 Absolute bootlicking trash on ABC. #auspol 46282101
Inflatable Plant @inflatableplant.bsky.social · 26/09/2026> Mount Fox near Ingham has about 84 residents > Ms Armstrong said she was worried about the impact of the 140-metre turbines on the region's biodiversity, human and environmental health, run-off onto the Great Barrier Reef BUT THE SUGAR CANE FARMING HAS NO RUNOFF YEAH www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.auThe residents and wind farm on the frontline of Australia's energy warsGawara Baya is the largest wind farm to reach construction since Labor introduced a renewables investment scheme. More than 2,000km north of Canberra, residents say net zero is a dream ruining their h... 000
Reposted by Inflatable PlantSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is why fuel prices are pushing $3 a litre. Because Trump has no idea how to end the war he (and Netanyahu) started with Iran. That’s the war that Labor, the Coalition and One Nation all cheered on in February. It’s the war the Greens opposed. The only party that did. 1526192
Reposted by Inflatable PlantPup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 26/09/2026One Nation getting candidates to fund themselves and pay money to the Party has happened before. Candidates should have done ‘their own research’ They are grifters, not a potential party of government www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.au'Insidious money grab': Aspiring candidates slam One Nation processesFormer One Nation candidates reveal they’re walking away from the party after witnessing its operations behind closed doors. 1410131
Reposted by Inflatable PlantMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 26/09/2026do they maybe need someone to play guitar and also shoot fire on top of a truck while being held aloft by some sort of bungee cord, asking for a friend 1040155
Reposted by Inflatable PlantPhilipp Markolin @philippmarkolin.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026Random little investigation I saw that Claude Opus 5.5 can now create quite appealing "science explainer" shorts as one-shot prompt: "Pick a problem or mystery that obsesses you and solve it as best you can & make a movie we can share on social media about it" So I wondered where info came from? 31716
Reposted by Inflatable PlantPhilipp Markolin @philippmarkolin.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026We have seen and heard a lot of the latter, about trillion dollar AI companies, network states, fascist politics enforced by economic and technical supremacy; about autonomies AI swarms replacing us and enriching their compute masters, about RSI machine gods killing us off. 131
Reposted by Inflatable PlantPhilipp Markolin @philippmarkolin.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026Wishing progress to stop was never one of my beliefs. But I do worry. What is our positive vision for having this socio-cultural technology? Because if we do not imagine it, formulate it, if we do not build it, we leave the space for the worst people to entrench their dystopia and unethical vision 151
Reposted by Inflatable Plantdadmiral hackett @rennemiles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026tell me you're desperate to have AI psychosis without telling me 001
Reposted by Inflatable PlantKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 5776142097
Inflatable Plant @inflatableplant.bsky.social · 26/09/2026You do know that shops had these "before" the surcharges, right? And that the surcharges they put on didn't need to relate to the cost of the machine or the transaction? And they also started to put it on EFTPOS as well, which doesn't have a specific surcharge by credit card companies? 021
Inflatable Plant @inflatableplant.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Almost as if it has nothing to do with the laptops 🤔 000
Reposted by Inflatable PlantRobert Francis @birdhistory.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Riding his horse from Denver to Cheyenne in 1876, the ornithologist Elliot Coues saw more than a hundred birds killed by flying into a telegraph wire in less than an hour. He's one of the earliest writers to reckon with the toll of the built environment on wildlife. 34813
Inflatable Plant @inflatableplant.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Brazil bans sports betting and betting advertising, huh, wonder why no other countries, including the ones who lose the most from gambling, consider that 010
Reposted by Inflatable PlantThe Chaser @chaser.com.au · 24/09/2026The moment the robot started interacting with myGov systems, it understood the human feeling almost too well. chaser.com.au/general-news... 321674
Reposted by Inflatable PlantIreland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A former captain of the Palestinian national women's team held without charge or trial and the Irish national men's team is going to play apartheid Israel? The FAI must boycott these games. #StopTheGames Palestinian footballer who played Bohs stuck in Israeli jail www.ontheditch.com/we-are-livin...ontheditch.comPalestinian footballer who played Bohs stuck in Israeli jail“We are living a nightmare,” her father told The Ditch. 03728
Reposted by Inflatable PlantResist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 26/09/2026#BREAKING | Egypt's intelligence chief warned Netanyahu ahead of October 7th in September 26, 2023, two weeks before the massacre occured, The Atlantic reportstheatlantic.comEgypt’s Warning to IsraelCairo’s intelligence chief visited Tel Aviv shortly before October 7 with a dire message about Gaza. 13524
Reposted by Inflatable Plantcha0s @anatolkirichenko.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This montage from Deep State perfectly summarises American and Australian "shared values" under their current respective governments #auspol 023